Russian S-400 news

Follow RT for the news on weaponry, including Russian S-400 missile system, very often called Triumf, which is an anti-aircraft weapon system. Find the news and stories on the history and development of S-400 missile system. It was designed by Russian Almaz Central Design Bureau in 1990’s in order to upgrade the S-300 family. Get the news on RT about the Russian S-400 system drill and its usage. According to The Economist in 2017, Russian S-400 is "one of the best air-defence systems currently made.” The S-400 is designed to engage large variety of targets. The system is capable of shooting down aircrafts at ranges of up to 400 kilometers and ballistic missiles at a range of 60 kilometers. Get the news from RT on the countries, which purchased S-400 from Russia, for example, India and Turkey. Don’t miss the news on the reaction of the US government to those procurements, and sanctions they have threaten to impose.

Turkey is poised for potential sanctions from the US over its purchase of the Russian S-400 air defense system, its defense minister has said, amid reports Washington has given a June deadline for Ankara to drop the deal.

The US will ‘sooner or later’ have to face reality and understand that Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 systems is a done deal, President Erdogan said, noting that the current agreement is just the beginning.

Donald Trump has terminated the preferential trade agreement which provided Turkey with partial tax-free access to US markets, in a move some see as Washington’s retaliation for the NATO ally’s increasingly independent policies.

The US has long vowed sanctions if India buys the S-400 from Russia, but now it is offering its THAAD and Patriot missiles as an alternative. But the sticks-and-carrots game won’t help the US get its way, an analyst told RT.

Turkey will stay on course with a “done deal” to procure the S-400 systems from Russia, a top Turkish official stated in response to a German media report that Ankara was about to scrap the purchase, fearing US sanctions.

The first of 22 AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters has been officially handed over to India by Boeing during a ceremony in the US, with New Delhi saying it will give its forces a “significant edge” in potential conflicts.